Do you see Shaykh Mqbil? The questioner: Often. The Shaykh: And what is the distance between you and him?
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The Shaykh : And do you seeThe Shaykh : Maqbul?
The questioner : A lot.
The Shaykh : And what is the distance between you and him?
The questioner : I mean, if I leave by car in the morning, I pray 'Asr at his place, or before 'Asr.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed! I mean, approximately how many kilometers is it?
The questioner : About.
The Shaykh : !
The questioner : Approximately, yes. And he is well, praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : How is he doing?
The questioner : Very good, praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, we hear—praise be to Allah—that he is active and has many students of knowledge; is that so?
The questioner : ... Approximately, about a hundred families from among them, brothers with their families, and they have houses divided up for themselves.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed!
The questioner : And those who do not have families sleep in the mosque and in the library, and so on, and praise be to Allah, He has benefited many through him.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, are there any strangers among the families?
The questioner : Yes, most of them are strangers to his region.
The Shaykh : I mean from outside Yemen?
The questioner : They are Yemenis.
The Shaykh : Yemenis.
The questioner : And as for those who do not have families; they are many.
The Shaykh : And you are perhaps one of these few?
The questioner : I reside in Ma'rib, I live there.
The Shaykh : So his good does not extend to Ma'rib?
The questioner : He comesThe Shaykh : To Ma'rib, and we go to him, and students from our place go to him, and he comes for da'wah—also—in Ma'rib.
The Shaykh : Then, greet him.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills, and to those who have it—also.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : From whatever is easy for you.
The questioner : Among those you requested here, they came to meet you here yesterday at the Mosque of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I mean, about forty or fifty.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The questioner : Yes, some of the students came.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good from the goodness of Paradise.
The questioner : We received many reports that you will come to Yemen to visit the Shaykh and call to Allah (Mighty and Majestic)?
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you, by Allah, the invitations are many, but the response is few; because my academic circumstances first, and my health second, do not allow me to bring joy and happiness to myself in such a visit.
The questioner : We were so happy with this to the extent thatThe Shaykh : When I am informed of some things, I mean, tears came to his face when it is mentioned to him.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward him with good, he was one of the most generous students in the university when I was teaching there, and what aThe student : , and what aThe Shaykh : now—if Allah wills.
The questioner : A lot.
The Shaykh : And what is the distance between you and him?
The questioner : I mean, if I leave by car in the morning, I pray 'Asr at his place, or before 'Asr.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed! I mean, approximately
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400The questioner : Approximately, yes. And he is well, praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : How is he doing?
The questioner : Very good, praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, we hear—praise be to Allah—that he is active and has many students of knowledge; is that so?
The questioner : ... Approximately, about a hundred families from among them, brothers with their families, and they have houses divided up for themselves.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed!
The questioner : And those who do not have families sleep in the mosque and in the library, and so on, and praise be to Allah, He has benefited many through him.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, are there any strangers among the families?
The questioner : Yes, most of them are strangers to his region.
The Shaykh : I mean from outside Yemen?
The questioner : They are Yemenis.
The Shaykh : Yemenis.
The questioner : And as for those who do not have families; they are many.
The Shaykh : And you are perhaps one of these few?
The questioner : I reside in Ma'rib, I live there.
The Shaykh : So his good does not extend to Ma'rib?
The questioner : He comesThe Shaykh : To Ma'rib, and we go to him, and students from our place go to him, and he comes for da'wah—also—in Ma'rib.
The Shaykh : Then, greet him.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills, and to those who have it—also.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : From whatever is easy for you.
The questioner : Among those you requested here, they came to meet you here yesterday at the Mosque of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I mean, about forty or fifty.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The questioner : Yes, some of the students came.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good from the goodness of Paradise.
The questioner : We received many reports that you will come to Yemen to visit the Shaykh and call to Allah (Mighty and Majestic)?
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you, by Allah, the invitations are many, but the response is few; because my academic circumstances first, and my health second, do not allow me to bring joy and happiness to myself in such a visit.
The questioner : We were so happy with this to the extent thatThe Shaykh : When I am informed of some things, I mean, tears came to his face when it is mentioned to him.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward him with good, he was one of the most generous students in the university when I was teaching there, and what aThe student : , and what aThe Shaykh : now—if Allah wills.
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